Kashmir's higher reaches experienced snowfall over the past 12 hours, with tourist resorts like Gulmarg, Sonamarg, and Pahalgam receiving a white blanket. This coincided with New Year's Eve celebrations, thrilling tourists who flocked to the region. Hotels in Srinagar and Gulmarg are fully booked, while other areas also see significant tourist presence. Despite the snowfall in higher altitudes, plains like Srinagar have yet to see their first snow of the season. Minimum temperatures rose above freezing across most of the Valley, except in Gulmarg.